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Army Pleased With Performance Of Joint Venture High-Speed Catamaran
Defense Daily ^
| August 21, 2002
| By Neil Baumgardner
Posted on 08/21/2002 6:55:49 AM PDT by TADSLOS
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08/21/2002 6:55:49 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
To: TADSLOS
Plans are for the Navy to take control of it again in November through February for several experiments, including offloading Marine Amphibious units into Iraq to kick a little A$$Experimentally of course.
Sweet looking ship, thanks for the pic and post.
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To: notorious vrc
I didn't know that the Army had assets that would be considered "naval". Does this mean that the AF possibly has tanks? Yup, they do. When I was in the Marine Corps, I was once transported in an exercise on an Army landing craft. They have quite a few vessels.
To my knowledge, the Air Force's armor consists of V100 and V150 Cadillac-Gage armored cars to supplement airfield and facility defense. This may have changed though, in recent years.
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08/21/2002 7:38:42 AM PDT
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Riley
To: notorious vrc
They have been in the Army inventory for quite some time:
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posted on
08/21/2002 7:43:05 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
To: notorious vrc
The USAF's tank of choice:
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posted on
08/21/2002 7:49:29 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
To: TADSLOS
To: philman_36
Catamaran design isn't new. LOL! No, I guess not...
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08/21/2002 7:58:32 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
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To: TADSLOS
They are doing some interesting things with the basic design though aren't they.
To: philman_36
They are doing some interesting things with the basic design though aren't they. Yep. The application potential is great. It's amazing that the military has waited this long to capitalize on an ancient idea for modern amphibous warfare.
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08/21/2002 8:48:35 AM PDT
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TADSLOS
To: TADSLOS
Hydrofoils are pretty cool too!
To: philman_36
Hydrofoils are pretty cool too! But unfortunately they are also fuel and maintenance hogs.
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08/21/2002 9:07:40 AM PDT
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Junior
To: Junior
But unfortunately they are also fuel and maintenance hogs.
Yep, but they're still cool from a design perspective!
To: philman_36
Wonder if it's occured to them to combine hovercraft technology with the cat concept, and pressurize the between hull area?
Still looking for more information on "Loki".
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08/21/2002 9:28:19 AM PDT
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tet68
To: tet68
Still looking for more information on "Loki".
The Trickster of Norse fame or something else? You may have to refresh my memory.
To: notorious vrc
I didn't know that the Army had assets that would be considered "naval".
Actually, the U.S. Army had ships and boats before the U.S. Navy was even created, during the Revolutionary War. The U.S. Army has operated full sized troop transport ships, off and on, especially during WWI and WWII. I believe they were commanded by Army officers but crewed by civilians.
To: tet68
Or that one?
To: TADSLOS
[sigh] If I only had a few million.....
To: tet68
Here is something on a
LOKI IV...See October Schedule (after #13) and #23
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